Need help with my alapaha blue blood bulldog puppy and her aggression during playtime?
Need help with my alapaha blue blood bulldog puppy and her aggression during playtime? Dog Breed Discussions
My puppy is 13 weeks old and she is normally the sweetest puppy in the world, but sometime during playtime she gets a little aggressive. The big problem is her biting, we will be playing with a toy or something and out of no where she will start to ignore the toy and go for my hands my feet or anything she can reach to bite. when I yelp ouch she just gets stand offish with me and will bark a few times, I have tried the yelp, doesn't work. giving her a toy to bite instead of me, doesn't work. Ignoring her, doesn't work. finally I have resorted to crating her, something that have never wanted to do but it seems to be more effective. She also gets very dominant with other puppies like by pinning them past the point of play where the other puppy is yelping. I have never hit her once, until i started crating her for biting i only used positive teaching methods, she loves meeting new people. I know she is in the teething stage but this seems like something other than teething. has anyone else had experience like this? is this just a phase? i just want to nip any aggression in the bud because she is so sweet i don't want her to hurt somebody accidentally. any help will be greatly appreciatedThanks!-Ryan